JCDenton Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
Please clarify me this slang phrase.
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00 I apologize for this spamming, but I'm curious as 00 squirrel... 05 0 00 . I hope you don't mind. All right, back to the point. Please what does it mean if I say that someone in a particular situation " 01 u 01 b 00 did step in it 02 b 02 u 00 " ? I didn't find the exact definition of this phrase, so that's why I'm asking. 02 br
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01 i 00 - Definitely, Obama 01 u 01 b 00 did step in it 02 b 02 u 00 when he started acting like a guilty party; however, the media is complicit in feeling the need to run to his defense. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 - Bush really 01 u 01 b 00 did step in it 02 b 02 u 00 , big time. Talking about projection, I'm just waiting for the wingnuts to start using the word 'Manchurian candidate' to describe Obama. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 - You 01 b 01 u 00 did step in it 02 u 02 b 00 , and it blew back on you. 02 i 02 br
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00 My bet is that 01 u 00 did step in it 02 u 00 = 01 u 00 screw something. 02 u 00 It's new phrase for me, so I would like to have an confirmation from you. 02 br
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00 Please it that correct? Does it have other meanings? 02 br
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00 Many thanks for clarification. 02 br
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00 regards 02 br
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00 I apologize for this spamming, but I'm curious as 00 squirrel... 05 0 00 . I hope you don't mind. All right, back to the point. Please what does it mean if I say that someone in a particular situation " 01 u 01 b 00 did step in it 02 b 02 u 00 " ? I didn't find the exact definition of this phrase, so that's why I'm asking. 02 br
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00 Examples: 02 br
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01 i 00 - Definitely, Obama 01 u 01 b 00 did step in it 02 b 02 u 00 when he started acting like a guilty party; however, the media is complicit in feeling the need to run to his defense. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 - Bush really 01 u 01 b 00 did step in it 02 b 02 u 00 , big time. Talking about projection, I'm just waiting for the wingnuts to start using the word 'Manchurian candidate' to describe Obama. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 - You 01 b 01 u 00 did step in it 02 u 02 b 00 , and it blew back on you. 02 i 02 br
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00 My bet is that 01 u 00 did step in it 02 u 00 = 01 u 00 screw something. 02 u 00 It's new phrase for me, so I would like to have an confirmation from you. 02 br
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00 Please it that correct? Does it have other meanings? 02 br
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00 Many thanks for clarification. 02 br
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00 regards 02 br
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Top answer
12 blockquote 10 You're pretty much right. It means to make an embarrassing and public mistake. 02 br 00 Note that it doesn't have to be "did step in it".
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01 cite 10 JCDenton 12 cite 10 My bet is that 11 u 10 did step in it 12 u 10 = 11 u 10 ***** something. 12 u 10 It's new phrase for me, so I would like to have an confirmation from you. 12 blockquote10 You're pretty much right. It means to make an embarrassing and public mistake. I checked several on-
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0 Think of the things you can step in - say, in a cow pasture or in a place where people walk their dogs. That "stuff" you step in is the stuff we're talking about stepping in - on a metaphorical level, of course. 0-
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0 "It" is that brown-to-yellowish stuff that you step in on a farm or after someone has not curbed and cleaned up after the dog he or she was walking. "It" is difficult to remove from the shoes, and the process is not pleasant, usually rather smelly. 0-
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